# Is it possible to get older versions of any document
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-get-older-versions-of-any-document/7019
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 15, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-get-older-versions-of-any-document/7019 "2012-03-15T17:23:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@canavar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/canavar)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-get-older-versions-of-any-document/7019/1 "2012-03-15T17:23:29Z")
Hi all,
I am definitely a newbie. I searched the group but could not find an answer
to my question. There is the cool Update API. Every update increases the
version number of the document by 1. I wonder if it is possible to get the
older versions of any document. I mean the \_source of the document
specifically.
If it is possible then there would be no need for other versioning logic.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-get-older-versions-of-any-document/7019/2 "2012-03-15T21:52:00Z")
No. I don't think you can.
Version number is only used to help developpers managing concurrency when
updating documents.
Document content of previous version is not stored. Only the latest version
is in Lucene indexes.
HTH
David
Le 15 mars 2012 à 18:23, canavar [fehmican.saglam@gmail.com](mailto:fehmican.saglam@gmail.com) a écrit :
> I am definitely a newbie. I searched the group but could not find an answer
> to my question. There is the cool Update API. Every update increases the
> version number of the document by 1. I wonder if it is possible to get the
> older versions of any document. I mean the \_source of the document
> specifically.
> If it is possible then there would be no need for other versioning logic.
>
> Thanks.
--
David Pilato
[http://dev.david.pilato.fr/](http://dev.david.pilato.fr/)
Twitter : @dadoonet
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### Author:  [@canavar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/canavar)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-get-older-versions-of-any-document/7019/3 "2012-03-15T22:13:19Z")
Thanks David.
On Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:52:00 PM UTC+2, David Pilato wrote:
> No. I don't think you can.
>
> Version number is only used to help developpers managing concurrency when
> updating documents.
>
> Document content of previous version is not stored. Only the latest
> version is in Lucene indexes.
>
> HTH
>
> David
>
> Le 15 mars 2012 à 18:23, canavar [fehmican.saglam@gmail.com](mailto:fehmican.saglam@gmail.com) a écrit :
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am definitely a newbie. I searched the group but could not find an
> answer to my question. There is the cool Update API. Every update increases
> the version number of the document by 1. I wonder if it is possible to get
> the older versions of any document. I mean the \_source of the document
> specifically.
> If it is possible then there would be no need for other versioning logic.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> David Pilato
> [http://dev.david.pilato.fr/](http://dev.david.pilato.fr/)
> Twitter : @dadoonet
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-get-older-versions-of-any-document/7019/4 "2017-07-06T03:35:59Z")